Timeline

1000 B.C. - 500 A.D.
Archaeological records indicate that the area now known as West Valley City was inhabited by tribal communities. Materials found at approximately 7200 West and 3500 South are believed to have been used in a temporary camp during the Archaic Phase. Additionally, the discovery of materials indicative of stone tools suggests that another Archaic campsite was established near SR-201 and 5400 West.

Pre-1800sHistorical records indicate that there was a Ute and Shoshone presence in the area west of the Jordan River, including what is now West Valley City, prior to Pioneer Settlement.

1848:Joseph Harker and a handful of Mormon settlers cross the Jordan River near today's 3300 South. The group spends the winter in dugouts cut into river-bottom bluffs and in the spring moves to present day Taylorsville.

1918:
3500 South becomes Granger's first paved street.

1942:Industrial growth caused by World War II increases the population of the Granger, Hunter and Chesterfield areas.